And I’ll stay off Verlaine too; he was always chasing Rimbauds.
DOROTHY PARKERWhere unwilling dies the rose; buds the new another year.
More Dorothy Parker Quotes
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People ought to be one of two things, young or dead.
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Women and elephants never forget.
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They tire of quiet, that have known the storm
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His voice was as intimate as the rustle of sheets.
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Honesty means nothing until you are tested under circumstances where you are sure you could get away with dishonesty.
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Of course I talk to myself. I like a good speaker, and I appreciate an intelligent audience.
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Take me or leave me; or, as is the usual order of things, both.
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Where unwilling dies the rose; buds the new another year.
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If all the girls attending [the Yale prom] were laid end to end, I wouldn’t be at all surprised.
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And I’ll stay off Verlaine too; he was always chasing Rimbauds.
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If you have any young friends who aspire to become writers, the second-greatest favor you can do them is to present them with copies of The Elements of Style. The first-greatest, of course, is to shoot them now, while they’re happy.
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The best way to avoid a hangover is to stay drunk.
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If you want to know what God thinks about money, just look at the people He gives it to.
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If you don’t have anything nice to say, come sit by me.
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Now I know the things I know, and I do the things I do; and if you do not like me so, to hell, my love, with you!
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